For our antepenultimate Pac-12 Power Rankings of the men’s basketball season, we have decided to go a different route — a different octave, if you will. We have chosen a song to correspond with each team on our list. Enjoy. No. 1: California (22-6, 12-3) — Aretha Franklin, “Respect” The Bears Read More…
Seniors Jorge Gutierrez and Harper Kamp celebrated their last home game at Haas Pavilion on Saturday with a 77-63 victory over Oregon State. The seniors combined for 30 points and 15 rebounds.
As Mike Montgomery made a “T” with his hands to call a timeout, the crowd began to stand. Forty seconds remained in Saturday’s contest, but the game was over. By the time Harper Kamp and Jorge Gutierrez reached the bench, all 11,331 fans were on their feet and applauding Cal’s Read More…
Devoe Joseph was going to take the last shot, and all of Haas Pavilion knew it. In the last 30 seconds, the 6-foot-4 guard had drained two attempts from downtown, willing Oregon into a one-possession game. With his Ducks down three points, he waited at the top of the arc, Read More…
The question was simple, tossed out in one of the rooms along the southern hallway of Haas Pavilion. It was Jan. 12 and roughly a dozen reporters, sprawled across a directionless mass of chairs, peppered questions about Cal’s 57-50 win over Colorado. Do you feel like you stopped struggling tonight? Read More…
The Cal basketball team has already accomplished significant feats this season: The Bears have already posted 20 wins with five games left and swept the L.A. schools for the first time since 1959. When Cal faces Oregon at 7:30 p.m. Thursday night at Haas Pavilion, the first-place Bears can come Read More…
There is something about the heart and soul of the Cal men’s basketball team — the hustle, the grit, the attitude. It comes from something deep inside the arc of a changing sport. Gone is the era of the senior-laden team, a core group of veterans guiding a squad through Read More…
No. 1: California (20-6, 10-3) The Bears picked the right time to complete their first road sweep of the Pac-12 season. They had fallen from their first-place perch after falling to Arizona at home. Given the state of the Pac-12, winning the conference is Cal’s best chance at making the Read More…
With 11:04 left in Saturday’s game, UCLA’s Josh Smith found himself in the middle of the key with no defenders in sight. Not used to having such an open look, the jumbo-sized center looked around and awkwardly dunked, unsure of what to do with himself. It would prove to be Read More…
This was the way it was supposed to be the first time. After defeating USC by only four points just before New Year’s, the Cal men’s basketball team on Thursday night made the Trojans look like a team that has won only once since the start of the year. The Read More…
